Merchant Navy Day is officially September the 3rd every year, this year’s Merchant Navy National Commemoration at Tower Hill, London on Sunday, 08 September 2013 remembers all and in the Year of the Convoy features both the Battle of the Atlantic and Artic theatres of war.
MN SILVER BADGE
“They had a small silver badge -the letters MN with laurel leaves-and meaning the wearer was in the Merchant Navy. They had as much pride in wearing that small badge, as did men in the services in wearing their uniforms”.
In honour of the sacrifices made during the two World Wars, the Merchant Navy lays wreaths of remembrance alongside the armed forces during the annual Remembrance Day service on 11 November. Following many years of lobbying to bring about official recognition of the sacrifices made by merchant seafarers in two world wars and since, Merchant Navy Day became an official day of remembrance on 3 September 2000.
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